[change] Deadline Extension: MoSoGood - Mobiles for Social Good Workshop at MobileHCI

[Lutz Frommberger]

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 Deadline Extension: Submission Deadline June 6, 2014 
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Call for Contributions
MoSoGood 2014: Mobiles for Social Good
Workshop at ACM MobileHCI 2014, Toronto, Canada
September 23, 2014
http://mosogood.capacitylab.org/
(Extended) Submission Deadline: June 6, 2014


About MoSoGood
Beyond facilitating communication, mobile phones are also transforming the way 
we send money, take care of our health, check market prices, engage with our 
governments, do emergency response, and many other things. However, to a vast 
majority of the world's population many of these services remain out of reach 
due to issues of low-literacy, limited technology experience, language 
barriers, device and infrastructure constraints, physical disabilities, 
socio-cultural and socio-economic barriers. For example, 60% out of 5 billion 
mobile phone subscribers worldwide live in developing countries. This provides 
a challenging research context for how research in HCI could help underserved 
populations, across the developing and the developed world.
The "Mobiles for Social Good" workshop aims to bring together researchers and 
practitioners interested in understanding underserved populations in both the 
developing and developed world, and designing, developing, and evaluating 
mobile systems for social and economic development. 


Call for Contributions
We want to bring together a diverse group of participants with different 
backgrounds and interests to identify common research practices, to discuss 
challenges of HCI research in the field, and to discuss particular requirements 
of specific challenges at the intersection of HCI and Mobiles for the Social 
Good. We invite the contribution of detailed problem statements, position 
papers, research papers, and interactive demos of up to 4 pages from everybody 
interested to share ideas, experience, or methods applicable within the scope 
of this workshop. 
For details about the submission process please visit 
http://mosogood.capacitylab.org/


Topics
Topics of the MSoGood workshop include but are not limited to:
* Interfaces/interactions for illiterate or low-literates - both in the strict 
and wider sense (e.g., techno-literacy)
* Interfaces/interactions for (mobile) data collection and contribution
* Interfaces/interactions for participatory sensing/monitoring or other citizen 
science activities
* Context-adaptive interfaces
* Interfaces/interactions for mobile ICT4D systems
* HCI research methods for underserved populations
* Socio-cultural and socio-economic challenges


Important Dates 
Submission (extended): June 6, 2014
Notification: July 15, 2014
Workshop Day: Sept 23, 2014


Organizers

Falko Schmid, CapacityLab @ University of Bremen
Lutz Frommberger, CapacityLab @ University of Bremen
Muki Haklay, ExCiteS @ University College London
Matthias Stevens, ExCiteS @ University College London
Ed Cutrell, Microsoft Research India
Indrani Medhi Thies, Microsoft Research India


Program Committee

Engineer Bainomugisha, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Gaetano Boriello, University of Washington, USA
Marchini Chetty, University of Maryland, USA
Nicola Dell, University of Washington, USA
Melissa Densmore, Microsoft Research India
Peter Haddawy, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Kasper Løvborg Jensen, Aalborg University, Denmark
Matt Jones, Swansea University, UK
Joyojeet Pal, University of Michigan, USA
Karl-Heinz Rödiger, University of Bremen, Germany
Anirudha Roshi, IIT Bombay, India
Nithya Sambasivan, Google, USA
Bill Thies, Microsoft Research India
Michalis Vitos, University College London, UK
Susan Wyche, Michigan State University, USA

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International Lab for Local Capacity Building - www.capacitylab.org
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fon: +49-421-218-642-81   fax: +49-421-218-986-4281


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[change] Fwd: Deadline Extension: MoSoGood - Mobiles for Social Good Workshop at MobileHCI

[Nicola Dell]

-- Forwarded message --
From: Lutz Frommberger 
Date: Fri, May 30, 2014 at 7:58 AM
Subject: Deadline Extension: MoSoGood - Mobiles for Social Good Workshop at
MobileHCI
To: Lutz Frommberger 


Dear MoSoGood PC member,

this is to notify you that we extended the paper submission deadline for
the workshop by one week to June 6, 2014. If you want, spread the
information. Below is the updated Call for Contributions.

Thanks,

Lutz
(for the MoSoGood organizers)


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##
Deadline Extension: Submission Deadline June 6, 2014
##

Call for Contributions
MoSoGood 2014: Mobiles for Social Good
Workshop at ACM MobileHCI 2014, Toronto, Canada
September 23, 2014
http://mosogood.capacitylab.org/
(Extended) Submission Deadline: June 6, 2014


About MoSoGood
Beyond facilitating communication, mobile phones are also transforming the
way we send money, take care of our health, check market prices, engage
with our governments, do emergency response, and many other things.
However, to a vast majority of the world's population many of these
services remain out of reach due to issues of low-literacy, limited
technology experience, language barriers, device and infrastructure
constraints, physical disabilities, socio-cultural and socio-economic
barriers. For example, 60% out of 5 billion mobile phone subscribers
worldwide live in developing countries. This provides a challenging
research context for how research in HCI could help underserved
populations, across the developing and the developed world.
The "Mobiles for Social Good" workshop aims to bring together researchers
and practitioners interested in understanding underserved populations in
both the developing and developed world, and designing, developing, and
evaluating mobile systems for social and economic development.


Call for Contributions
We want to bring together a diverse group of participants with different
backgrounds and interests to identify common research practices, to discuss
challenges of HCI research in the field, and to discuss particular
requirements of specific challenges at the intersection of HCI and Mobiles
for the Social Good. We invite the contribution of detailed problem
statements, position papers, research papers, and interactive demos of up
to 4 pages from everybody interested to share ideas, experience, or methods
applicable within the scope of this workshop.
For details about the submission process please visithttp://
mosogood.capacitylab.org/


Topics
Topics of the MSoGood workshop include but are not limited to:
* Interfaces/interactions for illiterate or low-literates - both in the
strict and wider sense (e.g., techno-literacy)
* Interfaces/interactions for (mobile) data collection and contribution
* Interfaces/interactions for participatory sensing/monitoring or other
citizen science activities
* Context-adaptive interfaces
* Interfaces/interactions for mobile ICT4D systems
* HCI research methods for underserved populations
* Socio-cultural and socio-economic challenges


Important Dates
Submission (extended): June 6, 2014
Notification: July 15, 2014
Workshop Day: Sept 23, 2014


Organizers
Falko Schmid, CapacityLab @ University of Bremen
Lutz Frommberger, CapacityLab @ University of Bremen
Muki Haklay, ExCiteS @ University College London
Matthias Stevens, ExCiteS @ University College London
Ed Cutrell, Microsoft Research India
Indrani Medhi Thies, Microsoft Research India



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Dr.-Ing. Lutz Frommberger  -  University of Bremen
International Lab for Local Capacity Building - www.capacitylab.org
Cognitive Systems - www.cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/staff/lutz/
fon: +49-421-218-642-81   fax: +49-421-218-986-4281

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International Lab for Local Capacity Building - www.capacitylab.org
Cognitive Systems - www.cosy.informatik.uni-bremen.de/staff/lutz/
fon: +49-421-218-642-81   fax: +49-421-218-986-4281
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[change] FW: [liberationtech-jobs] (Brazil) Global Internet Policy Fellowship Program

[Melody Clark]

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Technology & Social Change (TASCHA)
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Twitter: @taschagroup | 
@melodyrclark
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From: liberationtech-jobs 
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Companys
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2014 10:45 AM
To: Liberationtech Jobs
Subject: [liberationtech-jobs] (Brazil) Global Internet Policy Fellowship 
Program

Rio Institute for Technology & Society (ITSrio.org)
Global Internet Policy Fellowship Program - July 2014

Program overview

The Rio Institute of Technology and Society (ITS) invites researchers, graduate 
and undergraduate students, as well as professionals working with technology 
policy to apply to its Global Policy Fellowship Program and spend three weeks 
in Brazil at ITS.

ITS is a leading research institute in Brazil in technology policy, affiliated 
with the Rio de Janeiro State University. More info at 
www.itsrio.org.

Our Global Fellows will have the unique opportunity to work with the team who 
conceived and developed the landmark "Marco Civil" legislation, a bill 
protecting fundamental rights, including privacy, net neutrality and freedom of 
expression, approved as law in Brazil in April 2014.

The ITS Fellowship Program will offer the opportunity for those interested in 
internet and technology policy to deepen their knowledge about the Brazilian 
technology context. We prepared an intensive 3-week program for our fellows, 
which include visits to the biggest technology companies operating in Brazil, 
the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) and visits to São Paulo and 
Brasília, including representatives from the Ministry of Justice, Ministry of 
Culture and Congressmen who are advocating for policies related to internet and 
technology.

Fellows will also be expected to present at least one public seminar, organized 
in partnership with ITS. Suggested topics can include: broadband and access 
policy, content regulation, copyright and creativity, consumer privacy, open 
government, government surveillance, data security, data innovation, freedom of 
expression, democracy and technology and human rights. Fellows will also have 
the chance to participate in the preparations of one international seminar on 
the topic of “democracy and technology” that ITS is organizing.

Who should apply?

We are looking for students, researchers, and professionals who are following 
the debates in the public policy field, and who want to spend part of their 
summer/winter in Brazil, learning about Internet policy. Students, researchers 
and professionals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. For the 
selection processes, please send us:

• Your complete academic and professional resume, including your Linkedin 
profile and other online references you want us to consider;
•  A 1-page personal statement about your motivations to work in Brazil;
• A brief work description of your experience with technology policy;
• Proposal for a public presentation of your work;
•  Skills in Portuguese are not required

All documents must be sent in one single e-mail message to 
its...@itsrio.org, with the subject “Global Fellows 
Application”

Our Fellowship Package includes:

- Intensive 3-week program for the fellows
- Air tickets to São Paulo and Brasília
- Accommodation in São Paulo and Brasília during our visits
- Shared office space at our headquarters for three weeks
- A visit to a "samba" music club will also be organized, but is not mandatory

Our Fellowship Package does not include:

- International Traveling to and from Brazil;
- Accommodation for the three weeks in Rio de Janeiro, where our program takes 
place.

Our team will provide tips and information about how to find accommodation in 
the city during that time.

Relevant Dates:

Applications deadline: June 24th, 2014
Announcement of fellows by e-mail: June 30th 2014
Fellowship Program will start July 21st, and will finish in August 8th, 2014

About ITS:

The mission of the Rio Institute for Technology & Society is to ensure that 
Brazil responds creatively and appropriately to the opportunities provided by 
technology in the digital age, and that the potential benefits are broadly 
shared across society. Through its legal, social, economic and cultural 
dimensions of technology, ITS advocates for legal and regulatory measures which 
protect privacy, freedom of expression and access to knowledge. ITS also offers 
innovative training and education to individuals and institutions willing to 
understand the promises and challenges of new technologies. Lastly, ITS aims to 
strengthen the voice of Brazil, Latin America and the Global South in 
international debates on technology and its regulation.
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